2/16/25
The past two weeks I keep having these moments thinking is this is really my life right now- I am so grateful. I feel the happiest I have in my adult life. I think my whole nervous system has done a reset. My adult life was spent studying in medical school, going through residency, infertility, parenthood and working my hardest in my career track. I never really stopped, and I feel as though i'm repleting all of what was depleted.
The past two saturdays we spent at the beach about 1.5 hours from our home in south Jaco- Jaco is known for its night life and so i was never really that interested in checking it out, but a neighbor said they were going and we hopped along- it is one of the most beautiful beaches, the water is super calm, warm, black sand that your toes melt into and it is a perfect beach for beginner surfers- so both of the kids really got into the surf lessons!
Jaco also has some decent restaurants, and a big super market that we stopped in. Food has been challenging here- CR is not known as a culinary haven but I never before appreciated having things like real Vanilla to bake with- and how they have now become a real luxury that is impossible to find. We eat more rice and beans than i ever thought we would, and the kids seem to live off of vegetables and grass fed meat burgers. We definitely eat less processed foods, and our snacks are mostly nuts and dried fruit, and PBJ rice cakes :) Sometimes I really miss good food, and feel like I have really come to appreciate access to it. Our neighbor taught herself how to make sourdough bread, and even sells sourdough bagels that she delivers on sunday mornings. So this week we tried it, and we gobbled up the whole half dozen in one sitting with our grass fed butter that was delivered friday.
On valentines day Jacob and I went on our first date since leaving NY and hired a babsitter from our neighboring ecovillage who came recommended. We went out to a salsa night, put on by the neighbors in Allegria- at 645pm with flashlights in tow- we walked from our community through a barbed wire fence with our eyes peeled for snakes and up a steep rocky road where we then went through a backyard and up some stairs until we reached the Allegria Yoga Shala. For two hours we danced salsa, bachata, and met so many more neighbors. The Yoga Shala overlooks the mountains and the stars were all shining down- it was truly magical. The last time I danced salsa must have been a decade ago!
I have been thinking a lot about community, and how here people all offer what they can to the community- whether that be teaching salsa, selling bagels, providing acupuncture, or offering exercise classes- it all is done from the heart and without the need to make a profit- which just feels so different.
The kids actually started two more activities run by the community this week- Adira is taking swim classes (although her swimming is progressing so well we thought her form could use some help) and shiloh started a Silks class where he hangs upside down :) And I started a spanish class at my neighbors house! On saturday the kids also woke up at 6am to run down to the community garden and help hand out baskets of organic vegetables that each of the neighbors gets once a week.
Today we took the kids on a river hike- its pretty epic to have this magical river just a walk from our home, and have no one else ever in it! I'm not sure if we will ever be able to beat this combo of community and nature...
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